Volume 120 Issue 1 January/February 2005

Features

What's the point?: David Ramey sticks a pin in the argument for acupuncture
All a big mistake: Did the godfather of evolution finally renounce his theory? As Darwin Day approaches Padraig Reidy delves into the many shameful rumours of deathbed recantation
US and Them: Frank Jordans asks American humanists for their reaction to Bush's re-election and their perspective on what the future holds
You shall go to the ball: Misogynist trap, soppy fantasy, or universal truth? Sally Feldman waves a magic wand over Cinderella
Crescent among the stars: Gilles Kepel asks how Turkey will change the face of Europe
Carbolic and Confession: Laurie Taylor interview Helena Kennedy: Helena Kennedy tells Laurie Taylor about her Catholic childhood in Glasgow and the roots of her passion for justice

Intellectual Treason: Meera Nanda uncovers an extraordinary coalition that is undermining science

Classic Intellectual: AC Grayling admires Umberto Eco's new opus
From Juke Joints to Jamie Callum: Caspar Melville goes in search of the spirit of jazz
Lone Star: Andy Tudor celebrates the radical work of John Sayles
Empire Apart: Hazhir Teimourian examines the insularity of the Ottoman Empire
Mother of Pearl: An exclusive poem by Ruth Padel
Reason meets faith: Haydn Mason reads an account of a Baroque clash of hearts and minds
Visionary Grandeur: Michael Levey on Michelangelo, men and mankind
All or nothing: John Maddox is fascinated by a never-ending story
Very Boring Women: Sally Feldman is unsatisfied by Forster's cast of vague characters
Endless Riddles: Chris Paling suspends his disbelief for Haruki Murakami

Zero Tolerance: Floris van den Berg on how 'small humanism' is protecting fundamentalist Islam from criticism
Is God a hedgehog?: Martin Rowson has some terrible thoughts
When I'm gone: Laurie Taylor on loss and lament
Heady Stuff: Simon Hoggart refines his palate
Triumph of light: Distinguished musicologist and composer Wilfred Mellers, the man who first compared The Beatles to Schubert, celebrates the 250th birthday of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Wilfrid Mellers died on 16 May 2008
New year, same drama: Editorial
Take that for Jesus!: Newton Emerson on growing up atheist in Northern Ireland